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San’ani Arabic

Phylum: Semitic

Genus: Arabic

Lat/lon: 15.330718, 44.207134

ISO code: ayn

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularpharyngealglottal
stopbt, dk, gʔ
trillr
fricativefθ, ðs, zʃχ, ʁħ, ʕh
affricatedʒ
nasalmn
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Short pharyngealised series

dentalalveolar
stoptˤ
fricativeðˤsˤ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiːuː
openaː

Diphthongs

/aj/, /aw/

Source: Watson, Janet C.E. 2002. The phonology and morphology of Arabic. Oxford University Press.

Comments: /lˤ/ is found only in the word 'God' and derivatives.

Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)